The Night it Snowed at Disneyland… or did it?
Transforming Main Street into a Winter Wonderland
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When The Country Bear Christmas Special Made the Holidays “Beary” Merry
Making its debut in late 1984 at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort, The Country Bear Christmas Special opened as a seasonal overlay to the immensely popular Country Bear Jamboree attraction.
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Discover the Secret Behind Mickey Mouse’s First Words
These vintage story sketches show Mickey Mouse’s speaking debut in the 1929 short, The Karnival Kid.
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Walt Disney Reminisces About Early Mickey Mouse Artwork
Before the storyboarding process was pioneered by the Disney Studios in the early 1930s, story sketches for an animated short were often drawn comic-book style with several panels to a page.
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Two Projects That Earned Walt a Time Magazine Cover
He may never have been named Time magazine’s Man of the Year, but Walt Disney was spotlighted on the cover of that venerable news journal twice.
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Jungle Cubs Concept Art That Will Claw Your Heart Out
The adorable Jungle Cubs animated television series, which ran on ABC from October 5, 1996 to September 5, 1998, had characters that would claw your heart out with their cuteness.
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The Anaheim Halloween Parade and Disney’s Spooktacular Past
In our Fall 2013 issue of Disney twenty-three magazine, Kevin Kidney celebrated Disney’s long history with Anaheim and its annual Halloween festival and parade. And we couldn’t pass up Halloween without another look at some of the floats designed by Disney artists for this special occasion.
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She Takes Delight in the Gruesome and Grim: It’s Mad Madam Mim
By Jim Fanning Of all Disney’s wonderfully wicked witches, one stands out as the most deliciously demented dame around. Which witch is it, you ask? Well, which witch lives in a cottage so creepy it’s shaped like a pointy hat? Who keeps a bright flower on her windowsill just so she can wilt it? Who …
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Tricks and Insider Treats From Disney’s Hocus Pocus
By Jim Fanning What says “Halloween” better than a witch flying on a broomstick through a moonlit sky? How about three witches—one riding a broom, another a mop, and a third flying… a vacuum cleaner? And when these kooky witches are played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in a movie named Hocus …
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Scaring Up Some Song and Dance with Muppet Monsters
Jim Henson’s soft spot for lovable outsize ogres is reflected in the opening of his first official pitch in 1969 for what would become The Muppet Show: “The time is right for a variety show hosted by dogs, frogs, and monsters.”
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